Caribbean Songs and Games for Children

Caribbean Songs & Games for Children is a collection of children’s rhymes and rhythms, many originating in West Indian and Caribbean Island nations. Music professor, author, and musician Dr. Edna Smith Edet recorded the tracks heard here during visits to Trinidad, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and at two public schools in New York City. Edet’s liner notes provide a brief introduction to West Indian and Caribbean music, as well as lyrics and information about the song tracks.

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Track Listing

101	Gypsy in the Moonlight*	Children at St. Belmont's Home, Trinidad	02:04
102	In a Fine Castle / Jane and Louisa / There's a Brown Girl in the Ring	Children at St. Belmont's Home, Trinidad	03:53
103	Sissy in the Barn; Bo Bo Bo Calinda	Children at St. Belmont's Home, Trinidad	02:10
104	I Went to a Party	Children at St. Belmont's Home, Trinidad	01:12
105	Coming Down Wid a Lemonade	Children at St. Belmont's Home, Trinidad	01:14
106	Jump Shamador	Children of P.S. 48, Bronx, NY	03:05
107	I Los My Glove	Children of P.S. 48, Bronx, NY	01:28
108	Go In and Out de Window	Children of P.S. 48, Bronx, NY	02:19
109	Sally Go 'Round the Moon	Children of P.S. 48, Bronx, NY	01:57
201	San Serenin	Children of P.S. 48, Bronx, NY	01:13
202	The Merecumbe	Children of I.S. 74, Bronx, NY	01:35
203	Ambos a Dos	Children in Puerto Rico	01:14
204	La Señorita / La Carbonnerita	Children in Puerto Rico	03:29
205	A-la-Limon	Children in Puerto Rico	01:12
206	John Crow	A child in Newport, Jamaica	01:07
207	I Come to See Janie	Children in Newport, Jamaica	03:43
208	Zammi Mann Man-Man / Toi si Bonne / Petit Oiseau	Children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti	02:15
209	Feuilles Yo	Children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti	00:38
210	Lundi Matin	Children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti	00:48
211	Do Do Tititit Manman	Children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti	00:45